牛

better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond

(having, there being) a great number of books

Idiomatic expression

fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill

shorthorn; short-horned cattle

cochlear nerve

Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)

Proverb

better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow

morning glory seeds (medicinal use)

branded beef

white-spotted citrus longhorned beetle (Anoplophora malasiaca)

burdock root seasoned with sesame

Internet slang; Derogatory; From チーズ牛丼

nerd; incel; chud

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer); Cape buffalo

homogenized milk

American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)

Idiomatic expression

to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow

American bison (Bison bison); buffalo

homogenized milk; homogenised milk

wasp beetle (Cerambycidae)

Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)

Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)

Proverb

there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; slow oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), fast oxen also end up in Yodo

Proverb

there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; fast oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), slow oxen also end up in Yodo

calfskin; calf leather